Welsh GP surgery offers video podcasts
A rural general practice in Wales has started offering video podcasts for its patients covering a variety of subjects, starting with inhaler technique. Builth & Llanwrtyd Medical Practice in Powys, which stretches over two sites and covers 7,700 people, has uploaded its first video, instructing patients in effective use of an inhaler, onto its site […]
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Lengthy delivery for NPfIT maternity systems
The delivery of new maternity systems as part of the NHS IT programme has stalled, E-Health Insider has learned. Not a single hospital has yet received a new system, and a leading obstetrician has warned that the delays are creating potential “clinical risks” to mothers and children. The lengthy delays to maternity software are causing […]
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Healthy optimism?
E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma looks in detail at the NAO report into NPfIT’s progress, and how far it covers clinicians’ concerns.
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Telephone hearing test launched to reduce stigma
The RNID have launched an automated telephone hearing test service designed to encourage people who think they are losing their hearing to visit their GPs. The new test is part of the RNID’s new campaign, ‘Breaking The Sound Barrier’, aimed at combating stigma about deafness and encouraging more people to visit their doctor about their […]
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CliniSys acquires Orion Imaging
Clinical and laboratory systems specialists, CliniSys has acquired diabetic retinopathy screening solution provider, Orion Imaging. Diabetic retinopathy is the single largest cause of blindness in the UK and is a problem in all countries where ageing populations and increasing obesity rates are leading to greater numbers of people living with diabetes. Digital retinopathy cameras provide […]
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Ealing and Southend-on-Sea start patient txt messaging
Mobile messaging firm iPlato has announced that practices from two more primary care trusts in England have started using its Patient Care Messaging system. Integrated into the underlying practice patient administration and clinical system, iPLATO’s Patient Care Messaging service enables easy text messaging with patients around appointments and specialised clinics, helping tackle did not attend […]
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From dependence to responsibility
In the first of a two part article, Iain Anderson from Capgemini looks at the drivers for change in the way we address long-term conditions in the UK.
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Retinopathy software gets funding boost
Digital Healthcare, Cambridge-based manufacturers of ophthalmic and diabetic retinopathy software, have just announced that they have received £3m of funding from numerous venture capital and private equity firms. Rob Stichbury, MD of Digital Healthcare, spoke of his delight at the funding, which will be coming from Albany Ventures, Elaia Partners, Sitka Partners and YFM Private […]
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Companies link up for digital retinopathy screening
Digital Healthcare and Graphnet have announced a collaboration that will combine the two companies’ imaging and electronic record software to create a new digital retinopathy screening system for diabetics. The retinal screening system will link up with GPs’ patient records. According to the two companies, benefits will include reduced errors in referral and improved access […]
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Crunch time
How will the general election affect NHS IT? E-Health Insider takes a comprehensive look at what each party has to say about the major e-health issues.
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